These two people, Gary W Franklin and Bill Neumann, are fans of a great deal of music genres it seems. They seem to be first of all into classical music, but also general metal such as Iron Maiden. In the vocals I hear the likes of Geoff Tate (Queensr˙che) even if they are not as high pitching as his. Most of the melodies on this album are generated by the electric lead guitar. That's where the Maiden influences comes in, since some of the stuff on it are really in the exact style as Maiden would have done it. The songs are simple and not in the epic long run feel. Easy listening, but still with some progressive moves. But that's what I miss really, the prog. Even though it's based out of progressive rock, I find more of the general metal sound, even if it sounds great. A bit more space and progressive sounds would be a recommendation. A quite good album though, so check it out!